1. Free Professional Development January 20 th Principals Coucnil SWPRSC Sublette, KS Presented by Jason Johnson Principal Meade ES / JH Unleash the Power

2. Free Professional Development What is Twitter ? Twitter=“A Short Burst of inconsequential information” Just because Lebron tweets inconsequential information doesn’t mean the education community does!! The Essential Twitter Dictionary

3. Free Professional Development Why Twitter ? Immense amount of Web 2.0 tools available, but untapped! Networking at conferences face to face? How much information do you get? Tom Whitby

4. Free Professional Development How to Twitter ? Where do I get started? I don’t want to embarrass myself? I don’t have time to consume all that information!! Wiki Page of Teachers on Twitter

5. Free Professional Development What Can I Use ? Applications for Twitter are numerous… Smartphone compatibility!!! Twitter home page www.twitter.com www.twitter.com Recommendation— Tweetdeck --Works on desktop, phone, ipad

6. Free Professional Development Hashtags ? What the heck are hashtags? Why do I need to worry about them? Searching? Popular hashtags for educators— #edchat, #elemchat, #midleved, #edtech

7. Free Professional Development How do I use it ? Resource development for staff Become Lifelong-Learner as a leader Not comfortable with Elementary—Don’t always trust that Best Practices are being used in 21 st Century Learning Feed the Hungry—Fatten the Full

8. Free Professional Development Take a Live Look ? #edchat Twitter Stream

9. Free Professional Development Links Twitter as PD Article-- http://janeknight.typepad.com/socialmedia/2010/11/t witter-as-.html http://janeknight.typepad.com/socialmedia/2010/11/t witter-as-.html Twitter Dictionary-- http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/the-essential- twitter-dictionary_b1205 http://www.mediabistro.com/alltwitter/the-essential- twitter-dictionary_b1205 Wiki Page for Teachers-- http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/2255453 4/FrontPage http://twitter4teachers.pbworks.com/w/page/2255453 4/FrontPage Tom Whitby YouTube-- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7MXrAcpeQY&feat ure=youtube_gdata_player http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7MXrAcpeQY&feat ure=youtube_gdata_player PLN Website-- http://edupln.com/http://edupln.com/